Hugh Doran: Photographer
Hugh Doran
The Irish Architectural Archive
English
Texts by Michael Webb and Desmond Guinness
Softcover
84 pages
210 x 300 mm
2007
ISBN 9780951553633
Hugh’s camera focused on a variety of subjects from portrait to landscape, but two themes stand out –architecture and his native city. Hugh’s interest in architecture was long-standing. He travelled extensively in Ireland and abroad. His eye for detail was precise and his composition outstanding. In 1959, Desmond Guinness asked Hugh to photograph Irish country houses – specifically those with curved wings – for an Irish Georgian Society exhibition. Over the succeeding decades He photographed many of the grandest of Ireland’s houses, charming owners to allow him to capture the stately exteriors and fully furnished interiors. These photographs have gone on to illustrate and enhance numerous publications on Irish country houses.
(Source: https://irisharchitecturalarchive.ie/exhibition/hugh-doran-photographer)
About the Artist
Hugh Doran (1926 – 2004) was an amateur photographer of rare talent. A native of Dublin and a printer by profession who spent his working life in Arthur Guinness & Co. He joined the Photographic Society of Ireland in 1949 and was from the mid-1950s a regular contributor to – and medal winner at – the Society’s exhibitions. His photographs were also included in exhibitions in Berlin, Bordeaux, Bermuda, San Sebastian and Vienna.
(Source: https://irisharchitecturalarchive.ie/exhibition/hugh-doran-photographer)
About the Publisher
Established in 1976 by Edward McParland and Nicholas Robinson, the Irish Architectural Archive collects and preserves the records of Irish architecture – from the earliest structures to contemporary buildings – and makes these freely available to all who wish to consult them. To achieve its core objectives, the IAA acquires records relating to Irish architecture, architects and buildings, preserves those records by housing and storing them securely, catalogues the records to facilitate public access and use, and provides that public access directly in its Reading Room in 45 Merrion Square, online via its catalogue, and through its exhibitions programme and related activities.
https://irisharchitecturalarchive.ie
(Source: https://irisharchitecturalarchive.ie/about)
